Vehicle wheel



Q 1 637 504 Aug. 2, 1927. P. A. WHITE,

VEHICLE WHEEL Filed May 14, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet l.

P. A. WHITE VEHICLE WHEEL Aug. 2 1927.

2 Sheets$heat 2 Filed May 14, 1925 Swuemtoz M 4 441:

5 51 Gbtommgo Patented Aug. 2, 1927.

PATENT OFFICE...

PHILLIP A. WHITE, on ST. ALBANS. NEW YORK, ASSIGN on, BY DIRECT ANDMESNE AS- sIGNMENTs, 0F ONE-HALF To ROBERT w. SIMPSON, OF NEW YORK, N.Y, AND NONE-HALF To EVINA AxKEMP, on NEW YORK. N. Y. c

, EHICL Application fil ed Main. 1925. seriai vo. 30,154.

One important object of the invention is to provide a vehicle wheel ofthe disk type whereintlie disk isniade up of inatingsec- 'tions whichmay be economically formed and assembled to make upa wheel constructionwhich will be strong and durable.

. Another object oft-he invention is topro- Vide a wheel structure towhich a brake drum may be simply and economically attached,

The invention also aims to provideimproved devices for demountablyattaching the rim to the wheel proper. c I

Further objects and advantages of the invention will bein part obviousand in part C Fig. 1 is a face view of a. vehicle wheel constructed inaccordance with the invention.

r Fig. 2 isa central transverse section through such wheeltaken on line2-2 of Fig. 1, looking the: direction of the an;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing dereverse side of the fitting whichappear-sat tliebottoin of Fig. 4 while v Fig. 7 is a similar view of alugwhich engages the part shownin Fig. 6. I Fig. 8 is a perspective viewof a partot the rim. i

ing the ..fittings which appear respectively at the bottoms o't Figs. 4;and 5 mounted in 1operativepositionon the disk.

" The wheel consists in general of a hub 'inemher;1 to which are secured'a plurality of sector l ke sections 2 whichareisuitably "secured to thehub at their inner ends. As

*"Sl1OWl1 the hub member is provided with a:

specifically pointed out in the description tached one of the sectionswhich makeup Figs. 9 and '10 are detail plan views showthe sectorplatesby a nut 6 shown in Fig. 2.

. I prefer to bend each of the sections 2 to some extent out of theplane of the wheel as a whole in order to provide greaterAS..Sl1OWI1.8ElCl1 plate is bent to strength. form an obtuse angle withits apex 7 substantially at the central line of the plate.

I also prefer to provide interlocking parts along the side edges ofadjacent plates which ass st in, holding the plates in proper. relationto each other and also strengthen the 1 disk to a substantial extent.

side edge of each plate is providedwith a As shown, one' lip 8 mineother side edge isprovided with a complementary U-shaped flange 9;

thus Yin assembling the wheel successive plates are laid down around'thehub memher 1 with flanges 8 and 9' interlocking to makeup a disk havingalternate depressions and ridges on each side, the apices 7 forming theridges on the outside of the wheel and the flanges 8 and 9 beinglocatedon the inside of the wheel. Preferably the peripheries of theplates are struck up to provide arcuate ridges 10 ,which whenasseinbled'form a metallicfelly. The parts 2 may all be made identicalin shape anddimensions,enabling each plate to be pressed out in oneoperation from the same pair of dies.

In. accordance with another feature of the invention the brake drum isso constructedand supported from the remainder of the wheel structure asto enable an annular strap mounted upon the disk structure of the wheelto be employed as the drum. As showinthe brake drum '11 consists merelyof a metal strip which is shaped into circular form and demountablyfastened in place upon the disk 1 structure; in the present form of theinvention the flange 8 of the hub which in effect i forms. apart of thedisk structure is provided with. an annular shoulder 12 to which 9 thedrum 11 is suitably secured as by bolts 13. Thus replacement of thebrakedrum .in-

. .volves only the substitution of a new strip vof steel correspondingto member 11, instead of the replacement of a more complicated structuresuch as is employed for brake drums in present day use.

.In' order to secure the rim demountably inplace I prefer to employcertain devices" which lock the rim againstmovement perpendicularto'the-plane of the wheelupon afslight angular movement of the rim relasi mountably attaching a rim thereto compris- 12. A wheel of the disktype comprising 6 a central hub, ademountable rim and a disk,

ing devices located at joints between the sections aforesaid and lockingthe corresponding sections together.

member, a plurality ot'sheet metal sectorlike plates secured at theircentral portions to said hub member, said plates being bent to provideaperiphery for the disk of sinuous form. s I

8. A disk type wheel comprising a hub member, a plurality of sheet metalsectorlike plates secured at their central portions to said hub member,said plates being bent to provide a periphery for the disk of sinuousfornnand having peripheral flanges making up a metallic telly.

9. A vehicle wheel wherein the rim and 10. A vehicle wheel wherein therim and wheel body are provided with parts interlocking upon relativeangular movement therebetween to prevent sidewlse movement of the runrelative to the body oi the wheel,

and the means "for clamping the rim to the wheel body adapted to movethe same align larly relative to each other to lock the parts abovementioned, said clamping means hav- I ing bevelled parts acting tocontract the rim I angle pieces adapted to engage said seats,

against the wheel body.

11. A vehiclewheel wherein the rim andwheel body are provided with partsinterlocking, upon relative angular movement said wedged pieces havingclamping bolts projecting through said angle p eces to draw the sametogether.

wherein the disk is provided with sectorlike portions running oblique tothe plane 7. A disk type wheel comprising a hub f of the wheel wherebythe obtuse angles be tween adjacent portions form alternating V-shapedridges and depressions radiating outwardly to the periphery of the disk,and one 'orimor'e members carried by the periphery of the disk adaptedupon relative angular movement between the rim and disk to interlockwith parts on the rim to prevent 'sidewise movement of the rim relativeto the disk.

13. A' wheel of the disk type comprising a central hub, a rim and adisk, wherein the disk is provided with sector-like portions "runningoblique to the plane of the wheel whereby the obtuse angles betweenadjacent portions form alternating V-shaped ridges and depresssionsradiating outwardly to the periphery of the disk, and one or moremembers carried by the periphery of the disk adapted upon relativeangular movement between the rim and disk .to interlock with parts onthe rim to prevent sidewise' movement of the rim relative to the disk,together with mechanism adapted to move the rim angularly withfres pecttothe disk,

14'. A wheel of the disk type comprising a central hub, a rim and adisk, said disk being made up ofsector-like sections and each sectionbeing shaped to provide sector-like portions running oblique to theplane of the wheel, whereby the angles between said sector-portions, andthe angles between adjacent sections form alternate ridges anddepressions radiating outwardly in the sides of the disk, and a flangeassociated with said hub'against which the inner portions'of theassembled disk sections are supported.

15. A disk type wheel, comprising a disk made up of sector-likeport-ions each of whichstands at an angle to the adjacent sector-likeportions and oblique to the plane of the wheel, a demountable rimmounted on the sinuous periphery of the disk, and means for releasablysecuring the rim in position on the periphery of the disk.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I

have hereunto set myhand this 27th day a of April, 1925.

' PHILLIP A. WHITE.

